Today, the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, raising the question of whether taxpayers have standing to bring an Establishment Clause challenge to expenditures and activities of President Bush's Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. The 7th Circuit said they did. (See prior postings: 1, 2 .) Detailed background on the case can be found in a posting at The Roundtable, written by Professors Ira Lupu and Robert Tuttle. An editorial in today's New York Times urges the Supreme Court to affirm the 7th Circuit's grant of standing.
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times has an account of today's oral arguments in the case.
UPDATE: The full transcript of today's oral arguments in the Hein case is now available online.
UPDATE: Dahlia Lithwick at Slate has a particularly interesting account of the oral argument.
